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Iatreia

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ANGULO-CASTANEDA, Nancy Yaneth  and  CASTANO-ARIAS, Paula Andrea. Cutaneous Loxoscelism: Patient with multiple bites and contraindication to sulfa drugs. Case report. Iatreia [online]. 2018, vol.31, n.1, pp.86-92. ISSN 0121-0793.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iatreia.v31n1a08.

We report the case of a young adult patient who presented bites by Loxosceles spider and its hatchlings with a history of importance of such allergy anaphylaxis severe by sulfa drugs and NSAIDs, generalized anxiety disorder, who presented initial torpid with new lesions even 15 days after the accident and despite having used several pharmacological alternatives reported in the literature as useful (colchicine , antihistamines, steroids, blood thinners, antibiotics) had not been answered, to the use of oxygen for hyperbaric chamber with which brake the appearance of new and improved reepithelialization injury without surgery, with successful evolution.

Keywords : Arachnid Accident; Cutaneous Loxoscelism; Hyperbaric Chamber; Loxoscelismo.

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